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13-letter words containing c, l, e, p, d

  • nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
  • phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
  • police record — an official file, held by the police, containing details of any criminal offences committed by an individual
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
  • polycotyledon — a plant having more than two cotyledons, as certain gymnosperms.
  • ponce de leon — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1460–1521, Spanish explorer.
  • pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • record player — phonograph.
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
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